WOODBLOCK PRINT

This is a woodcut I did from a photograph of my wife Teri. Below is the woodblock I used. I usually do reduction prints with up to three different cuts. This was a simple single cut print.

HALLOWEEN PASTEL

I finished the pastel I had started a few weeks ago. It was not meant to be a Halloween scene, just a drawing of an old barn. Now, to me, it looks a bit spooky. I kind of expect to see the headless horseman chasing Ichabod Crane!

WELL-ROUNDED ARTIST

Diane Cutter is an artist living in Puerto Rico that works with all of my favorite mediums. Her blog http://theitinerantartist.blogspot.com/ shows her versatility in printmaking, scratchboard drawings, pastels and watercolor works.

ONLY TIME FOR A PASTEL

I've been busy getting things put away for winter, so no big projects in the studio. I did start a small pastel which makes me feel like I'm creating something!!

PALM SPRINGS

I spent a wonderful weekend in Palm Springs. My son was in a big softball tournament so we had a boys only weekend (grandson too). It has been turning cold here in Big Bear, so it was great spending time in the warm desert air.

Below is a monoprint I did recently.

WHAT HAPPENED TO FALL?

Wow...here in Big Bear. it seems like we are going straight from summer to winter. Prediction of snow this coming Thursday. Way, way too soon!!

Big Bear Holiday - Pastel on Canson paper

JOEY'S BOAT - FINISHED

I finished the pastel I did from my nephew's great photograph.

PASTEL STUFF

I've started a new pastel using one of my nephew's photographs as a subject. I did the gouache undercoating  and started to rough in the boat and foreground.

I also found a pastel of an old house that I did a few months ago that I had forgotten about.